Lyric

I carved my will in living stone

Not for the crown, but for the land

No song would bear my burdened name

No hand would praise what I had damned

This is the seal of the first king

Bound by oath and broken breath

I chose the chain, I chose the dark

To keep the world from waking death

The blade was forged to test the blood

To weigh the heart, not serve the throne

If one should claim it without fear

The seal would answer on its own

This is the seal of the first king

Not faith, nor mercy, nor decree

I set the lock within the blade

And left the choice to those to be

For no seal stands beyond all time

No vow outlives the hand

I did not choose who breaks this bond

I chose to understand